Dating back to last season, the Wizards are in the middle of a 15-56 stretch that's among the worst in the NBA.

Saunders is 49-123 as coach of the Wizards and in the third of a four-year contract that reportedly will pay him $18 million.

This Wizards team does nothing well under Saunders. They don't shoot the ball well from anywhere. They are a lousy rebounding team. They don't play defense.

They need a new direction.

There was hope coming into the season with second-year point guard John Wall and a pair of talented big guys in Andray Blatche and JaVale McGee. Yet nothing is working in the nation's capital.

The players are bickering with each other, and there was even a report from CSNWashington that Rashard Lewis and assistant coach Sam Cassell got into an argument and Lewis refused to play in a game afterwards.

Saunders is beginning to lose control of this team. Add to that the simple lack of results, and Sunders needs to be replaced sooner rather than later.